Pay for percentile

American Economic Review

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1805-1831

  Barlevy, Gadi ^a   Neal, Derek ^b  

^a FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 84866363531     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.102.5.1805     Document Type: Article

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